Fort Gilkicker Solent Papers No.5
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Carriage, Garrison. R.M.L. 9-inch. Casemate or Dwarf
Slide L.R.M.L. 9 inch Casemate fitted with side traversing gear
The 9-inch 12 ton R.M.L. was 156 inches long, had a bore of 125 inches and a diameter of 39 inches. It was
rifled with six grooves. It fired a 256 pound Palliser shell at 1,440 ft/sec, using a 50 pound charge. Five marks
of 9-inch 12 ton gun were introduced from 1865 to 1872.
best method of constructing metal shields to protect shield. These are still present in the casemates at
gun casemates. Gilkicker was constructed with Gilkicker. More experiments resulted in better
openings left in the granite walls for the proposed shields and by the time Gilkicker was complete it
iron shields, when funds were available for had been decided that granite was not strong enough
constructing them. They were to be of the earliest for protecting coast defence batteries and where
experimental pattern known as the Gibraltar Shield. possible works wholly plated with iron were
This required baulks of timber embedded into the preferred. In 1882 the design of shields for Gilkicker
floor and piers of the casemate at the rear of each had been decided and they were then in the process
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